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I went the opposite direction -- FastMail to Google Apps -- several years ago when FM had ~3 solid days of downtime. Really long time ago, but still a bit of a
by dave_atx 10y ago
I went the opposite direction -- FastMail to Google Apps -- several years ago when FM had ~3 solid days of downtime. Really long time ago, but still a bit of a sore spot for me as I missed at least a day and a half of incoming email that wasn't deliverable during that time. My sense is that they're a much more mature company now though.
That said, I'm not sure why more people don't consider upgrading to Google Apps from free GMail. $50 a year gets you an SLA, support, and no ads. It's been extremely reliable for me and I've not had any downtime (that I've noticed) for 5+ years. No performance problems either that I hear folks complain about with free GMail either.
- ocdtrekkie 10y agoMostly because it doesn't defeat the issue with data collection. Google Apps doesn't, as far as I've ever been told, bar Google from using it's privacy-invasive "features" on your data. And while you can justify Gmail as a free service that violates your privacy to pay for it, Google Apps offers no such justification.
- msh 10y agoGoogle apps can be free if you have a old account. Only reason I still have a account. But I am trying to move out of it.
- petemc_ 10y agoObviously it would be better if there was no downtime, but the sending MTA should really have queued that mail and delivered it when Fastmail was back up.
- dave_atx 10y agoIt was down long enough that it blew through the queue for several (most? some?) MTAs which were about ~36 hours if I remember correctly.
- whacker 10y agoThe default I have seen everywhere (qmail, postfix) is a week.
- monkeywork 10y agothat's assuming no one changes defaults... if your a large enough provider you are tweaking these settings.